Anyway, that is a little preamble to share this beautiful painting by the lovely Tasha at the Happy Larkspur. Tasha is one of my penpals and one of the nicest, most genuine, creative and appreciative-of-life people I know in Blogworld. It is a privilege to be in her acquaintance.
A while back, she posted a canvas she had painted like a galaxy and I commented and asked her if she would sell them? She talked about not being sure and then a while later, one arrived through the post to me which was so sweet of her.
It's been sitting on a shelf for a while because frankly, CBC and I are not to be trusted with the electric drill (disaster trying to put up a mirror in the bedroom) so there was no place on the wall to currently put it and window sills are at a premium- there's a whole load of pictures just propped up leaning against the wall in the living room until we move house. BUT, doing the tidying up on Sunday, in the kitchen, I suddenly noticed what looks like a light switch box with no light switch on our boring kitchen wall.
And voila, it had a new home and made the boring kitchen wall look good!!!
Such a lovely picture and WHEN we finally manage to buy a house (grrr, stupid estate agents just putting up prices- BECAUSE- and there are some horrid houses out there!) , then it can join the quartet of TARDISes!!!
Thanks Tasha!
xx
Awww, Kezzie! It looks so good on the wall there, and I really do hope you liked it. I am thinking of doing a few more of these in the future as it proved quite popular and I know it was probably naughty of me to send it over to you, but I wanted to surprise you and gift it to you instead! :D I deliberately went for TARDIS style colours and I was trying to imitate the famous exploding TARDIS scene with bursts of colour, but I wish I'd added more white paint to create the stars effect - I will have to make another one and get those stars on there properly! :D At this rate you'll end up with many a canvas from me. So glad you loved this though, and thank you for all of the kind things you said of me. Means a lot. <3 - Tasha
ReplyDeleteThat was a kind and thoughtful gift to you. It's really beautiful x
ReplyDeleteTasha is so lovely! That's a great painting to brighten up the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteIt looks stunning. What a lovely gift, it's so nice. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a thoughtful gift from Tasha. It's so nice receiving gifts from blogger friends. Well done for finding a place for it for you to enjoy everyday.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Julia
Ooh, it's gorgeous! Talented Tasha. And how thoughtful :-)
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Yeah I think that too, a lot of my real life friends don't know me or my tastes (or even what's going on in my life) nearly as well as my blog buddies.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing work of art. Glad you found a non-drilling solution to put it up ;-) xxx
ReplyDelete3M Command picture hanging strips are the answer. We use them to put up hooks, shoe bags, mirrors, photos, pictures......... Easy up. Easy down. Leaves no mark behind. Love them. They are sold everywhere in the USA. Amazon.co.uk has some. (I am not connected to the company in any way. Just not going to use a drill!) Love your blog, Karen
ReplyDeleteIt looks really lovely, what a super gift. The 3M command thingys are really good, I've used them a few times. Although I tend to just hammer in a small picture hook for paintings and such, if it's a big or heavy picture I use two hooks. Nothing has ever fallen off the wall... yet ;)
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely painting! Such a sweet gift!
ReplyDeleteThe generosity of Blogland is endless.
ReplyDeleteLisa x